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September 17, 2003
Nashville - Governor Phil Bredesen today announced that Davidson County Circuit Court Judge Frank Clement, Jr., will fill a position on the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Middle Section, and Nashville Chancery Court Clerk and Master Claudia Capps Bonnyman and Nashville attorney Richard Dinkins will…
September 17, 2003
The Memorial Celebration of Life for the late Judge Paul Reeves Summers will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, at the First United Methodist Church in Somerville.Judge Summers of Somerville died unexpectedly on Sept. 17, 2003, in Phoenix, Ariz. Judge Summers, 80, is survived by two his wife of 56…
September 23, 2003
Shelby County Circuit Court Judge D’Army Bailey has a piece of experience-based advice for California Gov. Gray Davis, the target of an Oct. 7 recall election.“He needs to do what I did on election day,” said Bailey, who was ousted by California voters three decades ago in another high-profile…
October 2, 2003
Lawsuits by an elderly widow against her grandson and by a man whose horse and mule drawn wagon slipped off a bridge are among four cases Hamblen County students will hear Oct. 14 as part of an educational program initiated by the Eastern Section of the Tennessee Court of Appeals.Judge Charles…
October 23, 2003
Mike Catalano, associate solicitor general in the Office of the State Attorney General, has been appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court as Appellate Court Clerk effective Jan. 1.Catalano, 49, has been with the Office of Attorney General since 1980. He will succeed Cecil Crowson, who is retiring…
October 29, 2003
New officers have been elected to represent the state's 207 court clerks. Officers of the Tennessee Conference of Court Clerks were chosen by the membership during a Chattanooga meeting of the County Officials Association of Tennessee. Clerks in all 95 counties are responsible for maintaining court…
November 12, 2003
Attorneys wanting to succeed Circuit Court Judge Robert A. Lanier in Shelby County, the state’s 30th Judicial District, have until Jan. 26 to submit their applications, Cornelia Clark, administrative director of the courts, said Wednesday. Lanier is retiring effective Dec. 31 after a judicial…
November 17, 2003
While most Tennessee judges are enjoying a day away from work on Saturday, Nov. 22, Chancellor Thomas (Skip) Frierson is opening his Morristown courtroom doors. In honor of National Adoption Day, Frierson will be at the Hamblen County Courthouse at 10 a.m. to finalize the adoptions of children.“If…
November 19, 2003
For at least part of the day on Monday, Nov. 24, there will be none of the usual opposing sides, arguments and adversarial proceedings in Chancellor Arnold Goldin’s Shelby County courtroom. In honor of National Adoption Month, at 9:30 a.m. the chancellor will finalize adoptions of at least five…
November 21, 2003
Chancellor Howell N. Peoples of Ooltewah has been appointed to the commission responsible for evaluating state appellate court judges, including members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and recommending to voters whether they should be retained in office or removed.Peoples, who serves the 11th…
November 21, 2003
Criminal Court Judge J.C. McLin of Memphis has been appointed to the commission responsible for evaluating state appellate court judges, including members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and recommending to voters whether they should be retained in office or removed.McLin, of the 30th Judicial…
November 21, 2003
Chancellor Carol L. McCoy of Nashville has been appointed to the commission responsible for evaluating state appellate court judges, including members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and recommending to voters whether they should be retained in office or removed.McCoy, of the 20th Judicial District…
November 21, 2003
Henrietta Grant of Knoxville has been appointed to the commission responsible for evaluating state appellate judges, including members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and recommending to voters whether they should retain their judicial offices or be removed.Grant, manager of community relations at…
November 21, 2003
Attorney John A. Day of Nashville has been appointed to the commission responsible for evaluating state appellate judges, including members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and recommending to voters whether they should be retained in judicial office or removed.Day, appointed by Lt. Gov. John Wilder…
November 21, 2003
Chancellor Telford E. Forgety, Jr., of New Market has been appointed to the commission responsible for evaluating state appellate judges, including members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and recommending to voters whether they should be retained in office or removed.Forgety, who serves the 4th and…
November 21, 2003
Circuit Court Judge Ross H. Hicks of the 19th Judicial District, including Montgomery and Robertson counties, has completed an intensive four-day Judicial Academy conducted Nov. 17-20 by the state Administrative Office of the Courts.Hicks was among 14 trial and general sessions judges from across…
November 21, 2003
Circuit Court Judge Larry B. Stanley of the 31st Judicial District, including Van Buren and Warren counties, has completed an intensive four-day Judicial Academy conducted Nov. 17-20 by the state Administrative Office of the Courts.Stanley, who also serves as chancellor in the district, was among…
November 21, 2003
Circuit Court Judge George Sexton of the 23rd Judicial District, including Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys and Stewart counties, has completed an intensive four-day Judicial Academy conducted Nov. 17-20 by the state Administrative Office of the Courts.Sexton, of Dover, was among 14 trial and…
November 21, 2003
General Sessions Judge James Hunter of Sumner County has completed an intensive four-day Judicial Academy conducted Nov. 17-20 by the state Administrative Office of the Courts.Hunter was among 14 trial and general sessions judges from across the state who attended the academy in Nashville. He was…
November 21, 2003
Chancellor James Butler of the 26th Judicial District, including Madison, Henderson and Chester counties, has completed an intensive four-day Judicial Academy conducted Nov. 17-20 by the state Administrative Office of the Courts.Butler, of Jackson, was among 14 trial and general sessions judges…